MQ/ Kafka Automation Engineer

TEKsystems•Plano, TX

3d•$90 - $90•Hybrid

About The Position

TEKsystems is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support and automate enterprise messaging platforms across the organization. The role focuses on IBM MQ and Confluent Kafka administration, engineering, automation, and cloud-based deployments. The engineer will support large-scale, mission-critical environments and collaborate with application teams to support messaging integrations and platform reliability. The position is a contract role based in Plano, Texas, with a hybrid schedule requiring three days per week onsite. Direct W2 employment is required; C2C is not accepted.

Requirements

7+ years of infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or software development experience.
Strong hands-on experience with IBM MQ administration and engineering.
Experience supporting MQ Queue Managers, queues, channels, and enterprise messaging environments.
Hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka in production environments.
Strong Terraform experience for Infrastructure as Code.
Strong Python and Ansible development experience.
Must work on direct W2; C2C is not accepted.

Responsibilities

Support and engineer enterprise messaging platforms, including IBM MQ and Confluent Kafka.
Automate platform deployments, configuration management, and operational processes using Terraform, Python, and Ansible.
Administer MQ Queue Managers, queues, channels, and messaging infrastructure in large enterprise environments.
Support Kafka platform deployments and ongoing operational management.
Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions for public and private cloud environments.
Collaborate with application teams to support messaging integrations and ensure platform reliability.